[Nix#9603] URL handling tech debt #87

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opened 2024-03-16 06:44:50 +00:00 by lix-bot · 0 comments

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Upstream-Issue: NixOS/nix#9603

Describe the problem

The way Nix handles URIs/URLs can be ad hoc or inconsistent at times.

URI prefixes aren't canonicalized
URI prefixes don't handle ? query parameters, unless they can be mistaken for path components
URI strings should be pushed to the program's boundary as much as possible
URI/URL naming is unclear
Parsing / canonicalization doesn't change the scheme to lower case (and probably more)

Expected behavior

Handle URIs and/or URLs consistently, compliantly, and only treat the as strings at the very boundary; where it's unavoidable.

nix-env --version output

Additional context

This work was scoped out from https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9547.

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Upstream-Issue: https://git.lix.systems/NixOS/nix/issues/9603 **Describe the problem** The way Nix handles URIs/URLs can be ad hoc or inconsistent at times. - URI prefixes aren't canonicalized - URI prefixes don't handle `?` query parameters, unless they can be mistaken for path components - URI strings should be pushed to the program's boundary as much as possible - URI/URL naming is unclear - Parsing / canonicalization doesn't change the scheme to lower case (and probably more) **Expected behavior** Handle URIs and/or URLs consistently, compliantly, and only treat the as strings at the very boundary; where it's unavoidable. **`nix-env --version` output** **Additional context** - This work was scoped out from https://github.com/NixOS/nix/pull/9547. **Priorities** Add :+1: to [issues you find important](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Areactions-%2B1-desc).